Compassion Quote by Jack Kornfield

Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us…

— Tara Brach

Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.

— Pema Chodron

We all love and fear, we laugh, we hurt, we hope and dream. Compassion is a consciousness and respect of others peaks and valleys.

— T Jay Taylor

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self.

— Arnold Toynbee

To change resentment into forgiveness and fear into respect we have to allow compassion into our souls.

— Anonymous

Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without…

— Sharon Salzberg

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

— Dalai Lama

Compassion allows us to understand that, as citizens of the planet, we’re all in this together and that in order to ensure our survival…

— Debbie Ford

In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.

— Pema Chodron

Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment.…

— Karen Armstrong

The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself.

— Pema Chodron

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

— Pema Chodron